Gord Downie, The Sadies
Sound of Music Festival (free)
Burlington, Ontario
June 14, 2014
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This album is just so good. Can't stop listening to it.
Jeff
June 21, 2003 Toronto, ON: SkyDome
July 1, 2004 Toronto, ON: Molson Amphitheatre
November 26, 2004 Toronto, ON: Air Canada Centre
June 24, 2006 Toronto, ON: Historic Fort York
May 10, 2007 Indianapolis, IN: The Vogue
July 14, 2011 Edmonton, AB: Northlands Festival Site
June 30, 2012 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: The Commons at Butler's Barracks
January 23, 2013 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
July 28, 2016 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
Gord Downie and The Sadies
w/ Guests
Jul 9, 2014 6:00 PM
Wildhorse Saloon
Calgary, AB
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On February 26, 2014 thompson girl Wrote:The studio version sounds great, but both times I've seen Gord with the Sadies, his voice has been overpowered by the music and left me walking away hating it. Still, I will give them another shot at Fieldtrip.
Yep, he won me back yesterday. Like others have said, he seems refreshed and excited again. Maybe it helped that I knew the songs more than the first two times as well. I left disappointed that it was only a 40min set.
From what I heard, Gord played a song with BSS later in the night. I was wondering if he'd show up in Fucked Up's set.
On February 26, 2014 thompson girl Wrote:The studio version sounds great, but both times I've seen Gord with the Sadies, his voice has been overpowered by the music and left me walking away hating it. Still, I will give them another shot at Fieldtrip.
Yep, he won me back yesterday. Like others have said, he seems refreshed and excited again. Maybe it helped that I knew the songs more than the first two times as well. I left disappointed that it was only a 40min set.
From what I heard, Gord played a song with BSS later in the night. I was wondering if he'd show up in Fucked Up's set.
He did. He sang the backup on Fucked Up's 'The Art of Patrons' and sounded, um, atrocious. He redeemed himself by completing the hat trick afterwards and dueting with Kevin Drew on BSS's 'Texico Bitches.'
Caught the Gord Downie & The Sadies show last night at the free Burlington Sound of Music festival. Didn't know what to expect and came out blown away.
Brilliant show in Calgary the other night. The sound wasn't the greatest, but that's par for the course when you're playing inside a giant plastic tent at the Stampede. That being said, the Sadies fuckin' rocked and Gord's vocals were spot on. It's been a good couple of years since I've heard him sing that well. He's still got it, folks. (now if only he'd do that with the Hip :nooooo )
He was also much more animated than I thought he'd be, even working in a couple of mid-song rants here and there. All in all it was a killer performance from the entire band.
Oh, and this is still my favorite album of the year so far. It's just so goddamn good.
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